Logan Webb did almost everything a starter could do, and it still wasn't enough. The Giants lost 3-1 in 10 innings after Detroit broke a tie with two runs in the extra frame, spoiling another strong outing from their ace.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Webb allowed just one run on four hits across 8.0 innings, striking out two and walking one on 100 pitches. It was the kind of start that usually decides a game. Instead, he watched from the dugout as the bullpen let the lead slip away in the seventh and the offense couldn't push a run through in the 10th.
Detroit had gone ahead in the sixth when Torres grounded into a double play that scored McKinstry, making it 1-0. San Francisco answered in the seventh, as Gilbert reached on an infield single to third and Basabe scored to tie it at 1-1. The game stayed level until the 10th, when Lee singled to right and Greene scored to put Detroit back in front, 2-1. Clark added an insurance run on a fielder's choice grounder that scored Lee, with Torkelson out at second, making it 3-1.
Sam Hentges took the loss after entering in the 10th and allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits in just one-third of an inning, his record falling to 1-4. Troy Melton had kept the Giants quiet for Detroit, working six innings and allowing just one run, unearned, on four hits with five strikeouts. Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless inning for the win, striking out three, and Tyler Holton closed it out with a scoreless inning and three strikeouts for his second save.
The result stretched San Francisco's skid to a losing streak of two games as they fell to 49-69. Detroit, meanwhile, pushed its winning streak to two games and improved to 58-60. Webb's eight innings went for naught, a reminder that even a near-flawless start can end without a decision.